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Cypher

A numeric character.

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📖 Definitions of "Cypher"

noun

1
A numeric character.
2
Any text character.
3
A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram.
"a painter's cipher, an engraver's cipher, etc."
4
A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
"The message was written in a simple cipher. Anyone could figure it out."

verb

1
To calculate.
"I never learned much more than how to read and cipher."
2
To write in code or cipher.
3
Of an organ pipe: to sound independent of the organ.
4
To decipher.

🔄 Synonyms of "Cypher"

27 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
reckonverb	(colloquial) To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause
figurenoun	A drawing or diagram conveying information.
ciphernoun	A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
noughtverb	(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Not any quantity of number; zero; the score of no points in a game.
aughtnoun	(sometimes proscribed) Zero.
zilchnoun	(uncountable, informal) Nothing, zero.
nixnoun	To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel.
nilnoun	Nothing; zero.
nothingnoun	Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
naughtnoun	(archaic) Nothingness.
inscribeverb	(transitive) To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.
zeronoun	The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
nonentitynoun	(countable) An unimportant or insignificant person.
calculateverb	(transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
nobodynoun	Someone who is not important or well-known.
nadanoun	Initialism of National Anti-Doping Agency.
goose eggnoun	(Canada, US, informal) Zero; nothing.
computeverb	(transitive) To reckon, calculate.
encryptverb	To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.
cryptographnoun	A cipher or cryptogram.
encipherverb	To convert plain text into cipher.
0noun	The origin, starting point, or fixed reference point, especially for a measurement.
write in codeverb	convert ordinary language into code
codenoun	(programming, uncountable) Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.
encodeverb	(transitive) To convert (plain text) into code.

↔️ Antonyms of "Cypher"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
decodeverb	To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cypher"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
ciphernoun	A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
cryptographnoun	A cipher or cryptogram.
encipherverb	To convert plain text into cipher.
encryptverb	To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.
encodenoun	An encoding operation.
codenoun	(programming, uncountable) Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.
computenoun	(chiefly cloud computing) Computational processing power.
calculateverb	(transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
zeronoun	The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
figurenoun	A drawing or diagram conveying information.
nadanoun	Initialism of National Anti-Doping Agency.
reckonnoun	(informal) An impression or opinion.
inscribeverb	(transitive) To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.
aughtnoun	(sometimes proscribed) Zero.
zipnoun	(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A zip fastener.
nothingnoun	Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
nonentitynoun	(countable) An unimportant or insignificant person.
goose eggnoun	(Canada, US, informal) Zero; nothing.
naughtnoun	(archaic) Nothingness.
noughtnoun	(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Not any quantity of number; zero; the score of no points in a game.